Philip Giaccone

Philip Giaccone (12 July 1932-5 May 1981) was a Bonanno crime family capo who was murdered alongside Al Indelicato and Dominick Trinchera on the orders of Joseph Massino in 1981.

Biography
Philip Giaccone was born in Ridgewood, Queens, New York City in 1932, and he served as an altarboy during his youth, later earning him the nickname "the Priest". As a young man, he became a protege of Bonanno crime family underboss Giovanni Bonventre. Giaccone came to own Pinto Trucking in South Ozone Park, and, when he was made a Capo, it became the headquarters for his crew. He was never convicted of a crime in his entire life, although he, Dominick Trinchera, and Al Indelicato shot Carmine Galante at an Italian restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn on 12 July 1979. After Galante's death, a civil war broke out in the family as Philip Rastelli, Joseph Massino, Salvatore Vitale, and Dominick Napolitano fought against Giaccone, Trinchera, and Indelicato for control of the family. Napolitano made plans to kill all three rival capos at the same time, so he invited them to the 20/20 Night Club in Clinton Hill on 5 May 1981 under the guise of a peace meeting. Vitale and three other gunmen, including Vito Rizzuto, waited in ambush as the capos entered the bar and sat with Massino, who shared jokes with them. When he mentioned going to a zoo, the prearranged signal, the masked gunmen burst into the room and declared that it was a stickup, forcing the capos to put their guns on the bar. When Indelicato insulted the gunmen, Massino, who was going along with the robbery, turned and shot Indelicato in the head, and Giaccone was sprayed with submachine fire as he tried to flee the room.